Chelsom, whose last two films were Hannah Montana: The Movie and Shall We Dance, said, “I’ve been searching long and hard for a film that would bring me back to my European sensibilities. Not unlike Being There and Forrest Gump, Hector is a contemporary love story, a fable wrapped around a very human hero’s journey. Nobody does the innocent abroad better than Simon Pegg: he is not only a brilliant comedian but a very touching actor. He is the Hector that you want to follow to the ends of the earth.”

The Solution is handling worldwide rights to the German/Canadian co-production from Egoli Tossell Film and Screen Siren Pictures.